Xeon Platinum 8276L vs Gold 5120

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking676not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.04no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency10.47no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,555$16,616

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads2856
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier2222
L1 cache896 KB1.75 MB
L2 cache14 MB28 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °C89 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size768 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Platinum 8276L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 14 28
Threads 28 56
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Gold 5120 has 57.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8276L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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